The Caracas Cook-a-Thon Farce Venezuela praised its socialist revolution for a culinary conquest on Saturday: Guinness World Records for the countrys beloved Christmas dinner staples. A cook-a-thon in capital Caracas landed Venezuela records for the biggest ham-filled bread, sugar cane juice infused with lemon, and hallaca, a cornmeal dish wrapped in plantain leaves. Made in socialism, made in revolution, Food Minister Yvan Bello said in a fevered flurry of celebratory tweets. The people are celebrating, Venezuela is a country of records, of achievements, thanks to the revolution!, he added, feting the 20-meter bread, 12,000-liter drink and 120-meter hallaca. This public relations initiative (or should we call it a scam?) comes as people in #Venezuela struggle ahead of the holiday season due to shortages of basic goods and sky-high #inflation that crimps purchasing power. Instead of focusing on creating a new #GuinnessRecord, might the government have better served the people by increased efforts to alleviate the chronic food shortages? #VenEconomy
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:05:29 +0000
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